how; in what way; how about
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
various countries; various regions; various provinces
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
soon; before long; shortly; close (by); near; nearby
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
serious; not joking; straight
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
2008 financial crisis; global financial crisis; GFC
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
to speak frankly; to put things bluntly
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
economic superpower; economic powerhouse
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you